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18 OUR LIFE • August 2025 ДІЯЛЬНІСТЬ ВІДДІЛІВ І ЧЛЕНКИНЬ • BRANCH & MEMBER NEWS Branch 113 Hosts Prof. Xu Weixin, Committed Defender of Ukraine UNWLA Branch 113 is celebrating an important milestone this year: the 40th anniversary of its founding in 1985 by two ener - getic ladies, Luba Firchuk and Irene Steckiv-Bechtold. Since our inception, Branch 113 has supported many causes to benefit the Ukrainian community. Our particular interest had been to help The Ukrainian Museum in New York by organizing fund - raising events and sponsoring art exhibits and benefit con - certs. Over the years, Branch 113 has raised and donated more than $50,000 to the Museum. Since russia’s brutal attack on Ukraine on February 24, 2022, we were forced to shift our focus. Together with the entire Ukrainian community, we began working to garner support for Ukraine. To become as effective as possible, we had to ex - pand our efforts. Our Advocacy chair, Barbara Senzon, started sending us regular reminders to “call your representatives” to advocate for Ukraine, and to “remind the public that Ukraine needs America’s support.” We joined the UNWLA’s many hu - Oksana Krushelnycky , Press Chair, Public Relations, Branch 113, New York City manitarian drives to help Ukraine’s war-torn populace. Since the beginning of russia’s attack, our branch was able to contribute over $40,000 for Ukraine under the leadership of our past presi - dent, Orysia Stryzak, as well as our cur - rent president Karina Tarnawsky. The world has responded with ex - traordinary empathy. Indeed, the response has been astounding. Gov - ernments, organizations, and private individuals have sent humanitarian and military help. We watched with deep gratitude as the U.S. and Europe sent billions of dollars in military equip - ment. Yet it was still not enough. Russia continued its ever-increasing attacks, both military and anti-Ukraine propa - ganda. And many listened. Many took the position that this was “their war,” not grasping that if Ukraine loses, this war will quickly become “our war,” with frightening consequences. Branch 113 Culture chair Ilona So - chynsky and Ola Lewycky saw an inter - view in The Wall Street Journal with the Chinese artist Prof. Xu Weixin, who, in condemnation of China’s approbation of russia’s invasion, spoke about his current project: posting on social me - dia one drawing every day about the war in Ukraine, as a protest to China’s support of russia’s war. Ilona Sochynsky invited Prof. Xu to speak at our Anniversary celebration. During the preparations for this event, the committee members — Roksolana Karmazin, Barbara Senzon, Orysia Stry - zak, and Karina Tarnawsky — were in - troduced to a friend of Prof. Xu, Dr. Vita Golod, a scholar from Ukraine whose research focuses on China-Ukraine re - lations. She is currently a Visiting Ad - junct Instructor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is It was the first day of the war. Russian troops were at the gates of Kyiv. Zelensky and his cabinet broadcasted live on the streets of Kyiv, vowing not to back down and to resist to the end. The whole world saw this moving scene. Russia thought it could conquer weak Ukraine in a few days, but no one in the world expected that a hero of the century like Zelensky would appear. He inspired the Ukrain - ian people’s determination to resist the invaders, and as a result, Ukraine has survived to this day.
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